Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School March 28, 2011 Microsoft excel 2002
Preliminaries Pre-class (10 classwork points): look at the spreadsheet below. Name at least 5 things you might change in order to make it easier to read. Flash drive 9.95 Laptop 500.00
Excel Review Common Interface Controls Spreadsheet basics: Menus Toolbars Task panes Spreadsheet basics: Rows (numbered horizontally) Columns (lettered vertically) Addresses (row and column intersections) File Basics: document naming, storage and retrieval
Focus Lesson: Formatting Data Lists Objective: be able to evaluate a document layout in order to optimize visual appeal by being able to change the following: Justification: left, right or center Column widths and titles Formatting values: date and currency Fonts: type, size and style
Exit Ticket: Spreadsheets On the slip, write one sentence explaining the main idea of today’s lesson.